Cosmetic applicator



g- 1950 .A. R. RUTHSATZ 2,518,382

' COSMETIC APPLICATOR Filed July 3, 1944 ZnY'EFZZEZ /9z. a are r 8.Ear/rs r2 Patented Aug 8;, 1959 v i s a '3' M L *2: 'IZAJLES fIGOSMETICEPPLICATOR V Albeit Ihithsatz; Chicagofllh; assignorsto fEhe eselmns'Mfg.efio.,e-Inc., T$hieago,-zl-ll.,zawomporaitienzefilkewiiohkApplication Jilly 3, 19e4sma1 Noi 543;354

33:;(Eiaimsi (6131-5-1-230) a T 15 11E 1 :2 This invention rel-ates toimprevernents in a taken in eoiijun-etion with the accompanying cosmeticapplicator, anii==1nore particuiarly to a iisaviling, inwv-hich:

device for apifl-ying'acesmetic' 'siirbstance'or-'c0m Figure l' is afragmentary diagrammatic-WWW poulid tothehuman body. il-lustrating thense of an' ap'1l-icator'embedying In-"the'pa'st; difliczilty hasbeenexperienced in l :prineiples f the in'stant 'invention;'the-apphcation ofwairieus cosm-etics -to' port-ions Figure -2 is*aviewin elevation6f the-apifilicttor ---6f the human body. Whis hasbeen"f0undf t0 be itself; 7 especially 'true in'cenneetionwviththe-'appiica- Fi'g ure 3* -is"an enlargd rragmentarywertical tion ofliquid cosmetics, such ,asthat'usedmpon sectional View through theapblicatowof- Figure 2, thelegs in lieu of stockings. -Suth*make-up l0'w'ith parts-"shown-in=e1evation;

"materialwvas -frequentiynpblidby hand, and -Figure 4 a's' a'fragmentaryinsidefaee view'of a such-operation of "course "soils thehands of "the fabricated strip er stock prior to the of user "and*frequent'lyresnlts in -an-nneven*appli- *the' stock uponthe-applicator'riiller; '"='catien ef theinakeenp"lieuid,"'resnitirrgin" an-nn- Eigure 'is-a"'fragm'entary'"transversetnectional sightlyappea'rance. y --ikieWthrough theapplicatorj illustratingthestock With.thtfloregdin'g inmifidfitisanimportant strip ofFigure 4"partia'i1y"wound-upon the appli- "objeietofth'e'instant'inventiorrtq"provide-amake- "eater,for purposesfif'iflarity; and uportcosmetimapplicator?with Which-a'cosmetic Figure"'Gisafragmentary"vertical-sectional "may'='beap1"alied'f totheE'numanibody "readilyand view"of"the*smnetharacteitas {Fignrel'B,butshoweasily,'-an d:"without'sdiiingtheharids 'or nai1s O'f tingzit-slightly different 'construction-of;:absorbent the user. '"surfacepads fortheapiilicator. tnnotherxobjectof the-invention resides: intheAs jshdwn on'the drawings: fprovisionnf amosmtic apn'licator idesignedto l IriiFligurelthe"illustrated embodiment ofthe rappiy cnsinetic,and-especially ,af-liquidmosm'etic, 'instantfinventiomis shownin'uselinthe applicato'thahumanbo'dy"evenly-andsmoathly without "tionofiiiquidmake-nplto a'leg. It'wfll be appre- .unsightlylinesor marks,andqwithont any need rciatedihowever, thatthe applicatonmight equally.'r'ofiihe"users'handsenerLooming in .contactav'ith V ras"'well beusedf0rthe.application dfsnnktan the cosmetic. r 'm'ake gp,or""the.eqiiivalent to'the arms, shouliA furtherzobject'of'the instantinvention resides 30 ders, or-other portions. offltheilmman bddy,. andin"'the provi'si0n .or fla"1i q1'1i'd ,,cosm'etie applicator A may attimes be used"for' thei-apfilic'ation to the in'theiform of a rollhavinganrabsorbent surface body of amedical"siibstanceiforrhealinguorisooth- W ,ipadithereon, there. beingmeans.'f0r engagement ing purposes. Theiapplicationef sucmalnedicalby-the" handeof theiuser'to imanipiilatefltheirbll, substance with "theinstant Iinvention Qis both the applicatorbeing,highlyjdesirableiliorieverrand q gentle ,andthorqugh.

expeditiousapDIicationbffliqflid. leg.make-np. Withreferencennowimorexparticiilaifly to.Eig-

-?"It;isj,a1so an, object. (fifth-is. invention i provide wuresi-Z and3,i.it-willgbewseenltlaatthe applicator aaicosrnet i app c r=li y dflirable'Torruse in "embodies a yoke-shaped Lframei I provided with jlthe,appliea'tionef aliq1iid,cc;smticltoithehuman any it blemeans"for,engagementabyihahand body, Which applicator includes a rollhavingan fwav user, s1,1 c;h,,=orexample as\ the -illustrated abs r turf epamt which p is w mannlaz. rrheghanale iisonesired,ima rbeiintedesine so o p vi p e r i ofgnalgwithvthemokeiframeJ,.-iand;lihese.;pants,may greater a pcapaeitywthan the remainder abeimade;0f..any:-suitab1amaterialanattractively 0f h pad, thus insuring an y D p 0f the scoloned'plastictbeingnuitensatisfactory. Between *l q a h pp r and the rryin fa sthalegsmflthaframe;laairellenfi isedisposed and S fic t a u oquidbfth'e app fitor 'tb" atlaisirollerz-mayebe of-. wood; plasticnrranyather avoid streaking. suitable material.ll'harellenis,preferblysolid Still another object of..theinstantinvention is .;-aseillust1=ated,--;and pmvided -icentrallynt.eacheenda-the provision of a liquid wicosmeticaal'lpttcator with--a,-pinirwiaich mayrbe fixedly securedhntthe -=mhieh Lisa extremely simple "toiuse, eeaommical. roller. The pin fl projectsrsnfificiently fiambeyondih inin and m aen w rsea r -theends @futhe rel len toifunetiemasaiiournalahis rlii'ztlGriiflIlY practice to prqperly manipulate.,rportionr ef-ithe piniseatingawithim arsuitableqpen- While some of themore salient features, charing 5 in the adjacentlegaafwtheifiaaimasoathat the acteristies and advantages of the instantinpin may freely rotate therein.

vention have been above pointed out, others: will The roller 3 isprovided with an absorbent surbecome apparent from the followingdiselosnres 5. jape pad, generally indicated by numeral 6. In

that embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figures 3, 4 and 5, thissurface pad is made up from an elongated fabricated strip of absorbentfabric wound spirally around the roller. The winding of the fabric ispreferably done under 5 sufficient tension to make a tight winding sothat when the applicator is used against the body, there will not be anybulging or creasing of the surface pad.

The fabric going to make up the pad is illustrated in Figure 4 andcomprises an elongated strip of suitable material, such as gauze of thetype used for gauze bandages. The main strip portion is initially widerthan the roller 3 and side marginal portions of this main strip areturned inwardly against the intermediate portion of the strip asindicated at l and 8 in Figur 4. Between the inturned marginal portions1 and 8 another and initially separate strip 9 of similar material isattached to the main strip. The strip 9 is relatively narrow, so that itdoes not completely fill space between the edges of the inturnedmarginal portions and is preferably centrally located between thoseedges, so that there 1 isfactory adhesive of such character as not to bedisrupted when the applicator is supplied with liquid make-up. When thefabricated strip has beenwound around the roller to form the surface pad6, there will be spaced regions or areas of greater absorptive powerthan the remainder of the pad, such regions or areas being provided bythe channels l8 and H whereat the fabric is only of single-ply. Thesingle-ply portions will be held apart by the inturned marginal portionsI or 8 on either side thereof, as clearly seen in Figure 3. Thus, theregion embodying the single ply arrangement will be more absorptive thanthe rest. of the pad, and thus the pad may hold a goodly quantity ofliquid cosmetic and insure, an even and smooth application of thatcosmetic to the body with relatively light pressure.

It will be appreciated that the regions of greater absorptive power maybe provided in some other satisfactory manner, and it may be that onlyone such region is required. In other instances, several regionsscattered over the surface pad without any particular symmetricalarrangement may be desired.

In Figure 6 I have illustrated another form of surface pad generallyindicated by numeral l2. In this instance, this pad includes merely asingle thickness strip of fabric wound spirally upon the roller 3" intoa number of layers l3. This pad may likewise be satisfactorily made ofgauze of the type of gauze bandage, and in this instance there are nomulti-thickness portions,'-a strip of the material merely being woundaround the roller until a pad of the desired thickness is reached. Suchan applicator will not have any regions of'g'reater absorptive powerthan any other part of the pad, but the pad will be equally absorptivethroughout.

In use, the applicator is quite efficient and very simply handled. Withreference to Figure 1, it will be seen that the user need only grasp thehandle 2 in her hand M. The liquid cosmetic is preferably placed in anopen vessel, and the roller with its surface pad is dipped into thecosmetic. Then the applicator is rolled along the leg l5 of the userwith an upward stroke leaving behind it an even smooth stripe of make-upas indicated by numeral 16. In this manner, the leg may be smoothly andevenly covered with makeup entirely therearound. It will be especiallynoted that the users hand never contacts the make-up, the finger-nailsare not soiled, and the application of the make-up is done veryexpeditiously with a minimum of effort.

It will further be appreciated that the applicator is economical inconstruction, highly economical in use, in that it results in lesswastage of make-up than most frequently occurred heretofore, and theapplicator may be repeatedly used, having a long life.

It will, of course, be understood that various details of constructionmay be varied through a wide range without departing from the principlesof this invention, and it is therefore not the purpose to limit thepatent granted hereon otherwise than necessitated by the scope of theappended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A make-up applicator for applying a liquid cosmetic to the humanbody, including a roller, hand holding means associated with saidroller, and an elongated strip of absorbent fabric wound around saidroller to provide an absorbent pad of multiple plies, said fabric stripbeing of plural plies over its major portion with a relatively narrowportion of fewer plies than present in said major portion extendingcircumferentially of the roller in an intermediate portion thereof.

2. A make-up applicator for applying a liquid cosmetic to the humanbody, including a roller, hand holding means associated with saidroller, and an elongated strip of fabric Wound around said roller,saidstrip being fabricated to provide a relatively narrow path aroundsaid roller of less plies than the remainder of the wound strip.

3. A make-up application for applying a liquid cosmetic to the humanbody, including a roller, hand holding means associated with saidroller, and an elongated strip of gauze wound around said roller toprovide a multi-ply surfac pad, said strip including a sheet of gauzehaving the side margins turnedinwardly over the central portion, and asecond strip of gauze of less width than the space between the inturnedside edges disposed substantially evenly between said edges on the mainstrip leaving a relatively narrow single-ply channel on each side ofsaid second strip.

ALBERT R. RUTHSATZ.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,955,442 Schwartz Apr. 17, 19341,969,609 Hunter Aug. 7, 1934 2,008,942 Beall July 23, 1935 2,087,888Adams July 27, 1937

